Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the acknowledgement of my letter of 7 January 2026, its referral in error to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the subsequent allocation of reference MC2025/27941 on 16 March 2026, (a) what steps her Department is taking to improve the handling of and response times to correspondence received from Members and (b) when she will provide a full written response to that letter.

HM Treasury recognises the important role Parliament has in holding the Government to account and the need to provide full and timely responses to requests for information.

Treasury Ministers have received significant volumes of correspondence since the Budget, which has led to a backlog.

In response, officials are working with Ministers’ offices to prioritise and clear outstanding cases as quickly as possible. Additional resource has been secured to assist Ministers’ offices with drafting and clearances.

The Treasury correspondence unit has also recently recruited two additional drafting officials to ensure appropriate resourcing of this important function and are working across the department to prioritise responses.

A response to case MC2025/27941 was issued on 27^th April 2026 to the hon. Member for North Herefordshire.